GK
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
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Question
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Bhartendu Harishchandra
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Vishnu Sharma
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Kalidas
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Chanakya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Vishnu Sharma. Vishnu Sharma is the author of the Panchtantra. Panchtantra is an ancient collection of animal fables.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was the Indian Scholar named Vishnu Sharma who wrote Panchatantra after King Amarashakti asked him to educate his children and impart good governing skills to them. Sharma took this task and came up with the idea of teaching the princes through storytelling.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Panchatantra is a collection of folktales and fables that is thought to have been authored in Sanskrit more than 2500 years ago by the illustrious Hindu Scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Despite the fact that all of the characters are from the animal kingdom, it provides insight into human behaviour.